
1 
This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) Order 1976. It shall come into operation in respect of each treaty specified in the Schedule to this Order on the date on which the treaty enters into force for the United Kingdom. These dates will be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
2 
The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3 
The treaties specified in the Schedule to this Order are to be regarded as Community Treaties as defined in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
N.E. Leigh

SCHEDULE
1 
Treaty amending certain Provisions of the Protocol on the Statute of the European Investment Bank signed at Brussels on 10th July 1975 (Cmnd. 6253).
2 
Treaty amending certain Financial Provisions of the Treaties establishing the European Communities and of the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities signed at Brussels on 22nd July 1975 (Cmnd. 6252).